Bill Text: TX HB3480 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating non-compliance with a federal order, law, policy, rule, mandate, or agency regulation that would violate Article I of the Texas Constitution.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-25 - Referred to Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select [HB3480 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3480-Introduced.html
| By: Simpson | H.B. No. 3480 | |
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| relating non-compliance with a federal order, law, policy, rule, | ||
| mandate, or agency regulation that would violate Article I of the | ||
| Texas Constitution. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 421, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subchapter G to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER G. | ||
| Sec. 421.101. POLICY; VIOLATION OF SUBCHAPTER. (a) It is | ||
| the policy of this state to refuse to provide material support for | ||
| or to participate in any federal order, law, policy, rule, mandate, | ||
| or agency regulation that the Texas Legislature, by a vote of 2/3 of | ||
| the members of each body determine would violate Article I of the | ||
| Texas Constitution. | ||
| (b) a state agency, public official, employee, or political | ||
| subdivision of this state may not act to impose, collect, enforce, | ||
| implement or effectuate a provision, penalty, or sanction | ||
| determined to be unconstitutional under subsection (a). | ||
| (c) For purposes of this section, "provision, penalty, or | ||
| sanction" includes any civil or criminal fine or penalty, | ||
| administrative penalty, license suspension or revocation, | ||
| suspension or revocation of the authority to engage in business in | ||
| this state, tax, salary or wage withholding or garnishment, | ||
| surcharge, or fee, or any other action or consequence implemented | ||
| pursuant to an action determined to be unconstitutional under | ||
| subsection (a). | ||
| SECTION 3 | ||
| . This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
